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MINUTES
HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 7:00 PM,
Town Barn
Present: Chairman Anna Currie, Vice Chairman Reid Highley, Laura Simmons, Brad Farlow, Joe Griffin, Jill
Heilman, Virginia Smith
Staff: Stephanie Trueblood, Justin Snyder
Guests: Erica McAdoo, Carol Green, David Cates, Kate Carroll
ITEM # 1: Call to order, roll call, and confirmation of quorum
Chairman Currie called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Ms. Trueblood called the roll and confirmed the presence
of a quorum.
ITEM # 2: Reading of the Commission’s Mission Statement
Chairman Currie read the Commission’s Mission Statement.
ITEM # 3: Additions to the agenda and agenda adjustment
Ms. Trueblood informed the board that the applicants for Item 10 had submitted a written request to withdraw
their application.
ITEM # 4: Approval of minutes from the Nov. 2, 2016 meeting
Motion: Ms. Heilman moved to approve the minutes with a correction.
Second: Ms. Simmons seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Changes: pg. 7, last paragraph, add period
ITEM # 5: Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Stuart Paynter to install a rooftop deck
shade structure at 106 S. Churton Street (9874-06-4156)
Motion: Ms. Heilman moved to open the public hearing.
Second: Ms. Simmons seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Chairman Currie asked whether anyone on the board had a conflict of interest regarding this application.
Vice Chairman Highley said he did and needed to recuse himself.
Motion: Ms. Heilman moved to excuse Vice Chairman Highley from this item.
Second: Mr. Farlow seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Erica McAdoo was sworn in.
Ms. Trueblood stated that this application is regarding 106 S. Churton Street.
There is a mixture of Contributing and Non-Contributing structures and vacant lots in the vicinity.
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Architecture: Contributing, c. 1924: Similar in detail to the neighboring building at 100 South Churton
Street, but constructed with a slightly different colored brick, this two-story brick commercial building is
three bays wide with a corbelled brick parapet and a band of soldier-course brick at the cornice and
between the first and second floors. It has thirty-two-light display windows on the first floor and groups
of three six-over-six wood-sash windows on the second floor, all with arched transoms composed of
four three-light Craftsman-style windows in a segmental-arched brick surround. Transoms on the first
floor have been painted over. The center bay on the first floor is a later recessed entrance with a
modern door and vertical wood sheathing. The 1943 Sanborn map indicates the building was used for
“Auto Sales” so the center bay may have originally been a vehicular bay. A different building is shown on
Sanborn maps from 1911 and earlier. The building was constructed shortly after 100 South Churton
Street, as the 1924 Sanborn map notes “from plans” next to the building. The parapet extends slightly
over the parapet of the neighboring building at 108 South Churton Street, indicating that it was built
after that building as well. As we are all aware the building was completely rehabbed in the past few
years. An addition of a rooftop monitor window and patio was completed at that time but has not been
updated in the architectural inventory.
Proposed Work: Install a shade structure over the rooftop deck. It is an addition to the existing deck, and will
integrate with the existing architecture and materials. Materials are proposed to be a stainless steel frame and
1” x 1” Cumaru wooden slats to match the Cumaru on the building’s lower deck. Additionally, the current
wooden deck railing is proposed to be replaced with Cumaru wood to match the proposed slats to be installed.
The applicant also wishes to install Cumaru wooden flooring on the rooftop deck, again to match the lower deck
flooring.
Agenda packets included: Notification information, vicinity map, narrative, elevation, and renderings of
proposed structure.
Applicable Design Guidelines include: Roofs, Additions to Existing Buildings.
Ms. McAdoo said she had nothing to add.
Chairman Currie asked whether anyone in the audience wished to speak for or against this application.
No one did.
Reid Highley was sworn in.
Mr. Highley said he believes it will only be visible at the new Cup A Joe location. He believes it won’t look
as solid as it does in the rendering – those looking will be able to see sky between slats.
Ms. Heilman said one can see the monitor and the top railing of the current structure from the east side
of the Old Courthouse lawn. She asked for a sense of what one would see from that view. Mr. Highley
said it’s intended to blend in with what’s there. We’ve tried to try to make the structure as minimal as
possible.
Motion: Ms. Simmons moved to close the public hearing.
Second: Ms. Heilman seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
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Motion: Ms. Heilman moved to find as a fact that the Stuart Paynter application is in keeping
with the overall character of the Historic District and complies with all relevant standards of evaluation
based on the Board’s discussion of the application and the standards of evaluation in section 3.12.3 of
the Unified Development Ordinance because the plans are consistent with Design Guidelines: Roofs,
Additions to Existing Buildings.
Second: Ms. Smith seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Motion: Ms. Heilman moved to approve the application as submitted.
Second: Ms. Simmons seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Conditions: none
ITEM # 6: Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Carol Green for Arbor Holdings LLC to
replace wrought iron front porch supports with 8” square wood columns at 323 Mitchell
Street (PIN 9874-18-7104)
Carol Green was sworn in.
Motion: Ms. Simmons moved to open the public hearing.
Second: Mr. Farlow seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Chairman Currie asked whether anyone on the board had a conflict of interest regarding this application.
Mr. Griffin said he lives next door and needed to recuse himself.
Motion: Ms. Smith moved to excuse Mr. Griffin from this item.
Second: Ms. Heilman seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Ms. Trueblood stated that this application is regarding 323 Mitchell Street.
There are mostly Contributing structures in the vicinity.
Architecture: Contributing, c. 1952: This one-story, side-gabled, Minimal Traditional-style house is three
bays wide and double-pile with a projecting, front-gabled bay on the left (south) end of the façade. The
house has a brick veneer, interior brick chimney, and an exterior brick chimney on the right (north)
elevation flanked by two-over-two horizontal-pane wood-sash windows. Other windows are
replacement vinyl windows except the twenty-eight-light picture window on the right end of the façade
and all windows have soldier-course brick lintels. The four-light-over-four-panel door is sheltered by an
engaged, shed-roofed porch supported by decorative metal posts. A side-gabled wing on the right
elevation has vinyl siding, paired vinyl windows on the façade, and an unpainted wood deck at its rear.
County tax records date the building to 1952.
Proposed Work: Replace wrought iron front porch supports with 8” square wood columns. Applicant proposed
replacing existing white wrought iron porch supports with 8” square wood posts with 1x8” wood boards with
mitered edges.
Agenda packets included: Notification information and vicinity map, photo of the home with narrative,
additional narrative and drawing of proposed columns.
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Applicable Design Guidelines include: Porches, Entrances and Balconies.
Chairman Currie asked whether there was anyone to speak for or against this project.
A board member asked whether the current columns are original. Ms. Green said she didn’t know. She
bought the house from Virginia Cates, who wasn’t sure.
David Cates was sworn in. He was present to speak on another item, but his mother is Virginia Cates. He
said he grew up next door to this house, which his uncle Madison owned. The house was built 8 years
before he was born. And as far as he knew, his uncle didn’t make any changes to the house.
Chairman Currie asked whether they are changing for aesthetics or structural purposes. Ms. Green said
the iron columns needed to be painted again because paint doesn’t stick well to the metal. They are
decorative. She thought the change would be simpler.
Ms. Trueblood said there are examples of replacing metal columns with wood columns. A lot of people
have taken the metal columns out and replaced the wood. The question for this one is was this house
built with the metal columns. We don’t have that answer. Most of the houses on the street have the
wood columns now.
Chairman Currie said she was conflicted because Guidelines number 8 under Porches, Entrances and
Balconies says it’s not appropriate to remove details including columns. However, houses within that
block of the same vintage have wood columns.
Ms. Trueblood said on her own front porch, there’s a shadow line of where the original wood posts were
located. There doesn’t seem to be that evidence here. But it could be that the original wood posts
rotted and were replaced.
Chairman Currie asked for thoughts. Ms. Heilman said she has replaced similar columns on a house in
town and is sympathetic. Vice Chairman Highley said it’s likely these were original columns but it’s
consistent with its vintage and architectural style for it to have wood columns. Ms. Smith said she has
eight wood columns on the front of her house that need to be re-painted frequently but she
sympathizes. Mr. Farlow said he had a house of the same time period in Durham with those columns but
he thinks it would be ok to replace them.
The board decided that it was ok to approve the replacement of the columns because there is no proof
that these metal columns were the original and because the replacement columns would be consistent
with architecture and time period of the house.
Motion: Ms. Smith moved to close the public hearing.
Second: Vice Chairman Highley seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Motion: Ms. Smith moved to find as a fact that the Carol Green application for Arbor Holdings
LLC is in keeping with the overall character of the Historic District and complies with all relevant
standards of evaluation based on the Board’s discussion of the application and the standards of
evaluation in section 3.12.3 of the Unified Development Ordinance because the plans are consistent
with Design Guidelines: Porches, Entrances and Balconies.
Second: Ms. Simmons seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
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Motion: Ms. Smith moved approval of the application as submitted.
Second: Ms. Heilman seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Conditions: none
ITEM # 7: Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Kate Carroll of Radius Pizzeria and Pub to
install retractable red black and tan fabric awnings over the front windows at 112 N. Churton
Street (PIN 9874-06-6435)
Kate Carroll was sworn in.
Motion: Ms. Simmons moved to open the public hearing.
Second: Ms. Heilman seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Chairman Currie asked whether anyone on the commission had a conflict of interest regarding this
application. No one did.
Ms. Trueblood stated that this application is regarding 112 N. Churton Street.
There is a mixture of Contributing and Non-Contributing structures and vacant lots in the vicinity.
Architecture: Contributing, 1960: This one-story, parapet-roofed, Colonial Revival-style brick commercial
building was built for the Hillsborough Savings Bank. The building is three bays wide and single-pile with
a later brick section at the rear. It has brick quoins, stone trim, a wide stone cornice with dentils, and a
stone cornerstone laid in 1960. Centered on the façade and recessed slightly with a stone surround is a
pair of nine-light-over-four-panel doors with a decorative transom. Windows on the façade and left
(north) elevation are fixed nine-light windows with three-light transoms and paneled wood aprons.
Windows are in groups of three divided by wood pilasters. The rear wing is constructed with darker brick
and has a simple soldier-course parapet and a drive-up window on the left elevation that is sheltered by
a flat metal awning. Constructed as the Hillsborough Savings Bank, the building was later used as the
Orange County Clerks Annex.
Proposed Work: Install retractable red, black and tan fabric awnings over the front windows. Applicant
proposed installing two retractable fabric awnings consisting of dark red Sunbrella fabric striped with a 1” band
of tan and a ¼” band of black. They are to be attached to the building above the windows and below transom
windows. Awnings would be mounted with lateral-arm retractable frames measuring 10’8” wide and 8’3”
projection, operated via hand crank. Bottom of awnings are to measure 8 feet from sidewalk. Awnings can be
approved as minor works but in this case since it is multi-colored, Ms. Trueblood opted for this application to be
heard by the board.
Agenda packets included: Notification information, vicinity map, narrative, close-up photo sample of
awning material, renderings of storefront with proposed awnings in place.
Applicable Design Guidelines include: Storefronts.
Ms. Carroll said the stripes appeal to us because it pulls in the already existing color palette of the
building. We’ve been open three and a half years and we have continuously received the feedback that
we are hard to find. We don’t stand out. And the afternoon sun comes in the windows sharply.
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Ms. Carroll answered questions from the board. The awning will not block the sign. There was a
clarification that the awnings will be installed above the transoms. The crank is detachable.
Ms. Heilman said the language in number 7 said awnings are permissible if historically appropriate. She
thinks the awnings would obscure the formal edifice of the former bank.
Ms. Carroll pointed out that when Cardinal Bank was located at what’s now the Eno Gallery, the bank
had red awnings.
Motion: Ms. Simmons moved to close the public hearing.
Second: Mr. Farlow seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Motion: Mr. Farlow moved to find as a fact that the Kate Carroll application for Radius Pizzeria
and Pub is in keeping with the overall character of the Historic District and complies with all relevant
standards of evaluation based on the Board’s discussion of the application and the standards of
evaluation in section 3.12.3 of the Unified Development Ordinance because the plans are consistent
with Design Guidelines: Storefronts.
Second: Vice Chairman Highley seconded.
Vote: 6 to 1 (nay= Heilman)
Motion: Mr. Farlow moved to approve the application as submitted.
Second: Ms. Simmons seconded.
Vote: 6 to 1 (nay= Heilman)
Conditions: none
ITEM # 8: Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Jean and Walt Swainey to remove the
existing rear stoop and construct a 12’ x 15’ sunroom with a side stair on the rear of 308 N.
Cameron Street (PIN 9874-17-5726)
Motion: Ms. Simmons moved to open the public hearing.
Second: Ms. Heilman seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Chairman Currie asked whether anyone on the commission had a conflict of interest with this project.
No one did.
David Cates, already sworn in, informed the board that he would be speaking for the Swaineys.
Ms. Trueblood stated that this application is regarding 308 N. Cameron Street.
There is a mixture of Contributing and Non-Contributing structures and vacant lots in the vicinity.
Architecture: Contributing, c. 1957: Home: This one-story, gable-on-hip-roofed Ranch house is five bays
wide and double-pile. It has a brick veneer, a wide, stepped fascia, vinyl windows, and vertical sheathing
in the gables. The solid wood door has three lights and is inset slightly. It is sheltered by a small, front -
gabled porch on square posts with vinyl siding in the gable. County tax records date the building to
1957. Carport: Side-gabled carport has German-profile weatherboards in the gables and is supported by
metal poles on a brick knee wall. It appears to have been constructed contemporary with the house.
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Proposed Work: Remove the existing rear stoop and construct a 12’x15’ sunroom with a side stair on the rear.
Applicant proposes removing an existing stoop and aluminum awning off the rear of a brick ranch home. A
proposed 12’x15’ sunroom addition would replace the stoop with brick foundation to match existing and
windows to match existing vinyl windows. Cement fiber board siding is proposed and trim boards will be similar
to Miratec. Roof line is to be located below the existing roofline with shingles to match existing home. Pressure
treated wood is proposed for stoops, steps, and railings, and all trim siding, and doors are to be painted white to
match the existing house.
Agenda packets included: Notification information, vicinity map, photos of the home with narrative,
additional photos of the home, material list, elevations, and site plan.
Applicable Design Guidelines include: Additions to Existing Buildings, Porches, Entrances and Balconies.
Chairman Currie asked whether there was anyone in the audience to speak for or against the
application. There was no one.
Ms. Smith asked whether there are other half-moon windows in the Historic District. Ms. Trueblood said
there are some in the district but she doesn’t know when those were added. They are not commonly
requested in Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) applications. Mr. Cates said they are likely in people’s
rear yards like this where you wouldn’t see them. We were aware that it was perhaps controversial but
ask the board to consider that only the people living directly behind this house would be able to see the
half moon windows and there’s a hedge. They are not visible from Cameron Street.
Ms. Simmons said 309 Mitchell Street, which is directly behind this house, has that window over the
front door. Ms. Trueblood said there are definitely windows like that in the district but they are not
common. Ms. Heilman asked Mr. Cates why the applicant is requesting them. Mr. Cates answered the
Swaineys like them best and you can get more square footage of glass with this shape than with the
square he had proposed (30 percent more light). And it’s a sunroom, so the clients are trying to let in as
much light as possible. The clients didn’t care for the square windows he proposed and didn’t want to
request skylights but as a second choice liked triangular windows.
Chairman Currie said the existing windows are vinyl clad and she checked with Ms. Trueblood that the
board has approved vinyl windows for additions when there are vinyl windows on the house. The board
asked whether the existing windows are vinyl or vinyl clad. Mr. Cates stated he did not know but the
intent is to match the existing windows.
Ms. Trueblood said there are a few examples where applicants have proposed to match existing
materials where they had vinyl windows or trim and they were building an addition and the HDC
approved the vinyl because it was already on the house. There are many other applications where the
homeowners decided not to use vinyl on additions and chose to use either Hardieplank trim or
aluminum clad windows instead on their additions.
Chairman Currie asked whether the applicants would consider aluminum clad or fiberglass clad
windows. Mr. Cates said the preference is to match the existing. They would want it to blend more. Ms.
Heilman asked about a willingness to change the fascia and trim. Chairman Currie said as a general rule
the HDC does not approve these materials because they don’t hold up and they’re not paintable.
Chairman Currie said aluminum clad on an addition wouldn’t stick out like a sore thumb. Also, with the
fascia and trim. Mr. Cates said since there’s precedent, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to ask for the vinyl.
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Chairman Currie said we are all human and our ideas change as materials change. We’ve found
materials that hold up better so that’s why we’re struggling with this.
Mr. Farlow said he’s not opposed to matching existing. He does think the comment about curved
window versus triangular windows, he thinks the triangular window fits in well with the shape of the
gable. He had quickly sketched it. Vice Chairman Highley agreed that the triangular shape is more in
keeping with the style of the existing.
Ms. Heilman said she appreciates Mr. Cates’s thoughts on the materials but she is still struggling. Mr.
Cates proposed amending the application so that the trim and fascia would be Hardieplank or Miratec
with a triangular window but the windows remain vinyl to match the existing.
Motion: Ms. Smith moved to close the public hearing.
Second: Ms. Simmons seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Motion: Mr. Farlow moved to find as a fact that the Jean and Walt Swainey application is in
keeping with the overall character of the Historic District and complies with all relevant standards of
evaluation based on the Board’s discussion of the application and the standards of evaluation in section
3.12.3 of the Unified Development Ordinance because the plans are consistent with Design Guidelines:
Additions to Existing Buildings, Porches, Entrances and Balconies.
Second: Mr. Griffin seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Motion: Mr. Farlow moved to approve the application with conditions.
Second: Mr. Griffin seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Conditions: Trim and fascia will be Hardieboard or Miratec (smooth side out) and gable window will be
triangular in shape as sketched by staff at meeting.
ITEM # 9: Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for David Cates to relocate an existing house
from 515 N. Churton Street to the rear yard at 210 S. Wake Street (PIN 9864-95-4691)
Motion: Mr. Farlow moved to open the public hearing.
Second: Ms. Heilman seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Chairman Currie asked whether anyone on the board had a conflict of interest regarding this application.
No one did.
Ms. Trueblood stated that this application is regarding 210 S. Wake Street.
There is a mixture of Contributing and Non-Contributing structures and vacant lots in the vicinity.
Ms. Trueblood started to read the following description of the existing home but then stopped because
the focus of this application is on moving a 1915 house to the piece of property with the house built in
2002.
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Architecture: Non-contributing, Home 2002, Garage 2002: Home: The two-story, hip-roofed house is
three bays wide and single-pile with a wide, two-story, hip-roofed wing at the right rear (northwest).
The house has a stucco exterior, vinyl windows, and a standing-seam metal roof. The four-panel door,
centered on the façade, has five-light-over-one-panel sidelights and a three-light transom. It is sheltered
by a two-story, hip-roofed porch with square columns supporting the second-floor porch and round
columns supporting the roof. Paired ten-light French doors access the second-floor porch. The rear wing
has weatherboards and two-over-two windows. There is a one-story, hip-roofed wing at the left rear
(southwest) and a one-story gabled wing at the far rear (west). An entrance on the gabled wing is
sheltered by a small, pedimented porch supported by columns. County tax records date the building to
2002 [HDC].
Ms. Trueblood resumed with a focus of this house, which is the one David Cates is proposing to move to
his property:
1915 C: This one-story, side-gabled frame structure is three bays wide and single-pile with a shed-roofed
ell at the left rear (southwest). The building has a concrete-block foundation, German-profile
weatherboards, and six-over-six wood-sash windows with eight-over-eight windows on the rear ell. The
six-light-over-two-panel, Craftsman-style door is sheltered by a near-full-width, shed-roofed porch
supported by square posts. The structure appears on the 1924 Sanborn map.
Proposed Work: Relocate an existing ‘contributing’ structure from 515 N. Churton Street to the rear yard.
Applicant proposes relocating a small single-story side-gabled frame structure to be located behind their existing
non-contributing home. Work would be comprised of relocating the structure to the rear of this lot, removal of
a small section of the structure said to be in disrepair, as well as replacing roof materials that are currently
partially shingled with 5v tin. The structure currently sits on a cinderblock foundation, and the applicant would
place the home on site on a brick foundation to match that of the existing home on the lot.
Agenda packets included: Notification information and vicinity map, material list, narrative, aerial photo
of site, site plan, property photos, photos of home located at 515 N. Churton Street, and elevations.
Applicable Design Guidelines included: Relocation of Existing Buildings, Walkways, Driveways and Off-
street Parking, Site Features and Plantings, Exterior Walls.
Chairman Currie asked whether there was anyone in the audience to speak for or against the
application. There was no one.
Mr. Cates said he is not sure whether the part they are proposing to not include in the move is an
addition. He said the house will be partially dismantled to be moved. He doesn’t plan to rebuild the
chimney. It’s for a stove. There’s no mantel.
Mr. Cates confirmed the front door in its new location will be parallel to the river. Mr. Cates said in
order to orient it as it was originally oriented it would face the back of the garage. Ms. Trueblood
pointed out the triangular shape of the lot creates a lot of setback restrictions.
Mr. Cates answered questions about what is being moved. He said the kitchen window is going to be
relocated to the bathroom on the south elevation. The entire structure is being shortened and the
kitchen is coming out. Mr. Cates and Ms. Trueblood indicated with elevations and photos.
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Board members asked that a copy of this COA go in the 515 N. Churton Street file so that a historian
would know where this building went. Also, Ms. Heilman asked about documentation for the existing
structure on the site. Ms. Trueblood said it has been photographed in its existing condition and those
photographs are now part of the file (as part of the approval of the condominium project for 515 North
Churton).
Motion: Ms. Simmons moved to close the public hearing.
Second: Ms. Heilman seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Motion: Ms. Smith moved to find as a fact that the David Cates application is in keeping with the
overall character of the Historic District and complies with all relevant standards of evaluation based on
the Board’s discussion of the application and the standards of evaluation in section 3.12.3 of the Unified
Development Ordinance because the plans are consistent with Design Guidelines: Relocation of Existing
Buildings, Walkways, Driveways and Off-street Parking, Site Features and Plantings, Exterior Walls.
Second: Mr. Griffin seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Motion: Ms. Smith moved to approve the application as submitted.
Second: Mr. Griffin seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Conditions: none
The board members expressed appreciation that David Cates is willing to move the building rather than
seeing it demolished at its current location to make way for a new project.
ITEM # 10: Application for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Drew Chandler on behalf of Elizabeth
Woodman and Eric Hallman to install solar panels on the front dormer roof at 121 N. Wake
Street (PIN 9864-96-4798)
This item was withdrawn at the request of the applicant.
ITEM # 11: Annual election of officers
Motion: Ms. Simmons moved to nominate Anna Currie to serve as Chair until the end of her term
in March.
Second: Mr. Farlow seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
Motion: Ms. Smith moved to nominate Reid Highley as Vice Chair.
Second: Ms. Simmons seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
ITEM # 12: Adopt 2017 meeting dates
Board members were advised to keep in mind the calendar includes a meeting on July 5 and if they find
they are making travel plans, let staff know so that the meeting can be rescheduled and noticed for a
new date.
Motion: Ms. Smith moved to approve the meeting dates.
Second: Vice Chairman Highley seconded.
Vote: Unanimous
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ITEM # 13: Updates
Alliance for Historic Hillsborough: Anna Currie—Alliance has voted to give every
partner organization $200 in January. Ms. Trueblood said that has usually been used
to match Certified Local Government (CLG) grants. The museum is opening in
sections and the museum is hosting art projects in Fairview and could use
assistance. Sara Stephens is leaving the chamber to take a position at the United
Way. The arts council is hosting the Winter Solstice lantern walk. The Alliance is
seeing itself as the primary organizing agency for the inventory book project (to
apply for grants and to market and sell the book). Chairman Currie said the Alliance
has concerns about the looks of the new Collins Ridge development. Ms. Trueblood
explained there are already design standards for South Churton Street in place. Ms.
Trueblood said she has coordinated with Sarah DeGennaro to come to the January
Alliance meeting to explain the design standards. She also suggests that Alliance
members and other interested people come to the public hearings about the new
projects. And anyone interested can ask town staff about the proposals before the
public hearings. She explained Collins Ridge is approved via a Special Use Permit
application process.
Historic Properties Book Committee: Virginia Smith—There is a chapter on
archaeology written. Those participating have divvied up reading what’s already
been written on Orange County historical architecture. There will be a section on
Hillsborough separate from the section on Orange County. There will be an essay at
the beginning that shares the history of the architecture. Ms. Trueblood reminded
the board that a $10,000 CLG grant is being used to inventory areas of Hillsborough
outside the Historic District (West Hillsborough, Fairview, etc.). Heather Slane
Wagner, who did the last downtown inventory, put in a bid for this work and the
Town Board is likely to award it to her. She will get started in January and will report
her findings to the HDC in the spring. All of that inventory is intended to feed into
this book project.
Staff updates
Ms. Trueblood informed the board that the new interpretive signs are being
installed this week. The library pavers in front of the library have been installed. The
downtown revitalization money came in from the state. New benches are in. Ten
new trashcans downtown and two on Riverwalk are being installed (new cans have
recycling containers alongside trash receptacles). New Christmas wreaths will be
ordered for decorating next December. The wreaths are lighted and fuller than the
current ones. Also, she received a bid for the downtown sidewalk project. Bellevue
Mill is under construction. There is a dedication ceremony for the Occoneechee
Village reconstruction.
Ms. Trueblood introduced Justin Snyder. Mr. Snyder and Ms. Trueblood shared their
plan to transition the HDC from Ms. Trueblood to the new position.
ITEM # 14: Adjourn
Motion: Ms. Smith moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:17 p.m.
Second: Ms. Simmons seconded.
Vote: Unanimous